Table 1.

Characteristics of the study participants

	All (n=186)
Age (year)	53.4±10.6
Postgraduate experience (year)	28.3±10.7
No. of men	126 (68)
Place of work
University hospital	54 (29)
Other hospital	52 (28)
Rehabilitation centre	44 (24)
Clinic	17 (9)
Children’s hospital	12 (7)
Other	5 (3)
No. of dying patients <18 years of age cared for
0	2 (1)
1–4	11 (6)
5–9	39 (21)
10–19	65 (35)
20–29	32 (17)
30+	37 (20)

Data are presented as the mean±SD or as n (%).